Added to Booklisti.com: My books and my recommended memoirs of the Vietnam War. Including POV by infantry grunts, officers, medics and nurses, pilots – both fixed wing and helicopter, and Navy Brown Water River Rats. The collection offers readers a well-rounded view of the war from those who fought in it.
https://booklisti.com/booklist/books-about-vietnam-war-john-podlaski/lxpqwwa
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Very very good article. I like it 👍👍👍
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You omitted two of the best books about the war in Vietnam which tell the story of the battle for the Special Forces camp at Lang Vei, west of Khe Sahn, on the Laotian border in February 1968:
–Night of the Silver Stars by William R. Phillips, and
–Route 9 Problem: The Battle for Lang Vei by David B. Stockwell
Both authors detail the heroic stand of the Special Forces and their troops in the battle in which the NVA used PT-76 tanks for the first time in Vietnam. And both describe how the colonel in command of the Marines at Khe Sahn refused to honor the reinforcement mission that was the responsibility of the Marines in the event of attack on Lang Vei, leaving the two dozen U.S. Special Forces soldiers and their indigenous fighters to fight the overwhelming NVA force.
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I think you have some great books listed, but you left off Flying Black Ponies.
This is a story about VAL-4 providing close air support in IV Corps.
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I stumbled across a couple there that I need to get and read. One that I don’t know if you’ve heard of is called “Policing Saigon by Loren Christensen. As a civilian cop and an MP, I thought I’d worked some mean streets. Compared to Saigon, I was working in Disneyland.
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You omitted two of the best books about the war in Vietnam which tell the story of the battle for the Special Forces camp at Lang Vei, west of Khe Sahn, on the Laotian border in February 1968:
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Great list, John. The first three books I read as a young kid with a fascination with military history; specifically Nazi Germany and Vietnam, were “A Rumor of War” by Phil Caputo, “The 13th Valley and another called “Devil’s Guard” which was about a group of ex-Nazi’s fighting in the French Foreign Legion. One of my siblings recently recommended “Matterhorn” as well. The two not included in your list are also fascinating. I read three of yours’ as well and many other’s worthy of recommendation. I’d recommend “Cherries” to anyone as a good starting point.
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thanks for the recommended book list. I have read a great many WWII books but only a few about Vietnam
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